“You did all of them?” “All but two,” he admits softly. “I stopped last year when I caught up to your age. I think secretly, I always hoped we would do the last of them together. It just didn’t feel right carrying on anymore. The irony is, that list was the only thing you left behind. In a way, your list saved me. Your goals became my goals. I’ve spent every birthday since we broke up—with you.”

